kony.

good gravy. i've never hated facebook as much as i do right now. a few nights ago the kony2012 video went viral. i watched it with my roommates who begged me to turn it off because "it's depressing" (and i could go on a whole other rant about living in our own little worlds and avoiding things because they aren't pretty...) i've been involved with invisible children for years and the video struck a chord with me, so naturally i reposted it. and oh my word. it has blown freaking up in the past few days.

i've learned some things about invisible children. things i didn't know before. maybe they're not the world's greatest organization. but i just cannot believe the backlash they're getting. especially from the christian community. i have never seen young people care about others in a wave like this before. i've never seen it be really popular to want to make a difference. and yeah there are far better ways this can be done. far more organizations people could support. but praise god people are thinking of others for once! whether it's because it's the just popular thing to do right now or because they really care, i am thankful to see facebook statuses that aren't about mean girls, broken hearts, or "bad days". it's a baby step. but it's in the right direction. we do not need to be knocking each other for what we support.

giving money to invisible children doesn't seem to be the best way to help right now. there really doesn't seem to be much we can do. except raise awareness. get this so popular that it gets into the hands of someone who can help. whether that is through invisible children or not doesn't matter. kony is a problem. something needs to be done. and this is a start. there are a lot of problems, and a lot of things need to be done about them.

but i am kind of appalled that we're judging and knocking what god puts on peoples' hearts.

so here. decide for yourself. if you choose to support IC, do it. if not, support whatever you want to support. take action. and rejoice when others do the same